Spectacles, eyeglasses, and the like.



H. NEWBOLD. SPEGTAGLES, EYEGLASSES, AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED DIIO.18, 1909.

997,317. PatentedJul l lsn.

Wl'lrwxsas i E frwienior glasses is a specification.

HARRY NEWBOLD, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

SPECTACLES, EYEGLASSES, AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1911.

Application filed December 16, 1909. Serial No. 533,426.

:To all whom it may concern:

ing at 46 and 48 Goswell road, London,

England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spectacles, Eyeand the Like, of which the following My invention relates to spectacles, eyeglasses and the like, of the kind having rim less lenses which are attached to their mounts by means of stirrups upon the latter thereto by screws.

which embrace the lenses and are secured As heretofore made the legs of these stirrups are generally rigid relatively to one another, so that a fitting adapted for a lens of one thickness cannot be applied to a lens of a diiferent thickness.

Now, the object of this invention is to provide means whereby the mounts can be adapted to lenses of diiferent thickness, and to this end the invention consists essentially in making one leg of each stirrup adjustable end, to be secured by means of a screw which passes through the lens into the other leg of the stirrup in the usual manner. When applied to the bridge of spectacles or eyeglasses, this wire or pin may form an extension of the bridge, while in the case of the connection of the temples of spectacles to the lenses it may be curled to form an eye to which the side-arm may be attached.

To enable the invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is an elevation drawn to an exaggerated scale of eyeglasses having the improvements applied thereto, and Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22, Fig. 1, drawn to a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a plan of a portion of a pair of spectacles provided with the improvements. Fig. 4 ,is a sectional side View illustrating a modification. Fig. 5 is a view at right angles to Fig. i, and Fig. 6 is a view of a detail hereinafter described. Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing a modification of Figs. 1 and a and b are the two lenses of eyeglasses each of which is formed with a notch 0 as shown in Fig. 2.

d is the bridge of the mount, the two lower extremities of the said bridge being bent at right angles so as to form the pins 6 and then being curved backward so as to form the points of attachment of the guards f.

g and h are the two legs of the stirrup, the leg 9 being permanently fixed to the portion or pin 6 of the mount which enters the notch 0 in the lens and the leg it being loosely mounted thereon in such a manner that it can be adjusted relatively to the fixed leg 9, thereby permitting the-same mount to be attached to lenses of different thickness. lVhen the lens is in position between the legs 9' and h of the stirrup the said two legs are clamped in position by means of the screw 2' which passes through the lens and the two legs in the usual manner.

As above stated, whenv the invention is applied to the connection of the temples of spectacles to the lenses thereof, the pin 6 on which the loose leg h of the stirrup is adjustable may be bent as shown at 6, Fig. 3, and formed with an eye for the attachment of the temple j.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. a, 5 and 6 the lenses on and b are made plain, that is to say, without notches 0 and the pin 6 of the stirrup engages the transverse groove or recess is formed transversely in a spring plate Z which is shown detached in Fig. 6 and which is placed between the said pin 6 and the periphery of the lens. The extremities or ends. of this spring plate Z, when the fitting is applied to the lenses, press upon the periphery of the latter with sufiicientfforce to prevent relative movement taking place between the stirrup and lens.

Claims.

1. In spectacles, eyeglasses, and the like, the combination with the lenses of a mount, comprising a bridge, transverse pins forming extensions of said bridge and stirrups consisting of two legs, one rigidly attached to the transverse pin and the other being loosely mounted thereon, each of said lenses having a part provided with a recess adapted to be engaged by said transverse pin.

2. In spectacles, eyeglasses, and the like the combination with the lenses of a mount, comprising a bridge, a transverse pinintegral therewith, stirrups, consisting of two legs, one rigidly attached to the transverse pin and the other being loosely mounted thereon, each of said. lenses having a part provided with a recess adapted to be engaged by said transverse pin, the said transverse pins being bent back and guards secured thereto.

3. In spectacles, eyeglasses, and the like the combination with the lenses, of a mount having stirrups comprising transverse pins, each carrying a fixed arm and an arm adjustable thereon, and a spring plate, engaging the periphery of the lens and being provided with a recess to engage the transverse pin.

4. In spectacles, eyeglasses and the like, the combination With the lenses of a mount having stirrups comprising transverse pins, each carrying a fixed arm and an arm adjustable thereon, each of said lenses having a part provided with a recess adapted to be engaged by said transverse pins.

HARRY NEVVBOLD.

Witnesses JOHN E. BONSFmLD,

C. Gr. REDFERN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

